Popularity ranking · South Africa

The 71 most popular Photographers in South Africa

This curated ranking covers the 71 largest photographers in South Africa, ordered by estimated audience size from Rascasse's anonymized search-behavior signals. Marina Abramović, Jacques Cousteau and Annie Leibovitz lead the list with a combined estimated audience of 49k people. Across all 71 entries the average audience size is 1.8k, and the largest, Marina Abramović, reaches around 35k people in South Africa. Audience size is the estimated number of unique people in South Africa who actively engage with each photographer, derived from search demand signals. Rankings reflect search-behavior signals collected across South Africa and are refreshed weekly.

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Rank

Position in the Top 71, sorted by audience size from largest to smallest. Updated weekly.

Audience size

Estimated number of unique people in South Africa who actively engage with this audience, derived from anonymized search-behavior signals.

Country share

Share of the global audience that is active in South Africa. A higher value means the audience is more locally concentrated here.

Avg age

Average age in years across the people who engage with this audience in South Africa, derived from anonymized search-behavior signals. A dash means demographic data is not yet available.

Female share

Share of women among the people who engage with this audience in South Africa. 50% is gender-balanced; values above mean female-skewed, below mean male-skewed.

Ranking

Rank Audience Audience size Avg age Female share Subtype
51 Chris Burkard Photography 301 40.8 61.8% Photographer
52 Ryan McGinley 301 41.2 69.2% Photographer
53 Mario Sorrenti 271 39.3 82.1% Photographer
54 Walker Evans 271 34.9 11.3% Photographer
55 Michael Kenna (photographer) 266 40.6 52.0% Photographer
56 Frans Lanting 231 42.0 52.5% Photographer
57 Brooke Shaden 221 45.5 52.8% Photographer
58 Brandon Stanton 210 43.5 95.6% Photographer
59 Lindsay Adler 204 33.5 49.8% Photographer
60 Mika Ninagawa 172 45.9 68.5% Photographer
61 Panthongtae Shinawatra 151 43.2 51.1% Photographer
62 Chase Jarvis 147 33.6 65.1% Photographer
63 Chris Burkard 141 21.4 54.6% Photographer
64 Paul Ripke 124 33.0 50.9% Photographer
65 Ara Güler 121 Photographer
66 Rad Hourani 115 39.1 69.1% Photographer
67 Tommy Ton 109 37.9 32.1% Photographer
68 Joe McNally 108 31.4 76.8% Photographer
69 Ustaz Azhar Idrus 93 32.9 65.2% Photographer
70 Niko Guido 35 50.5 51.6% Photographer
71 Agnès Varda 20 49.6 57.3% Photographer

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Frequently asked questions

How is this list of the most popular photographers compiled?

Rascasse aggregates anonymized search-behavior signals across South Africa and ranks each photographer by its estimated audience size. Only entries with at least 5 measured entities are listed.

How often is the list updated?

The ranking is refreshed weekly from the latest search-behavior data and re-published as a static page.

What is the largest photographer in South Africa?

Marina Abramović currently leads with an estimated audience of 35k people in South Africa.

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